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Criticism by Wikimedians had included the low resolution of the donated image versions (at maximum 800 pixels on the longer side), the unclear licensing status of [[commons:Commons:Bundesarchiv/Questionable licensing|some images]] (a few had to be deleted) and the attachment of metadata inside each image itself, as a small strip of text on one side (which was often removed, according to [[commons:Commons:Watermarks|Commons:Watermarks]]. Sander acknowledged that this was allowed under the CC-BY-SA license, but claimed it contributed to the problems of missing attribution and an increase in time-consuming research requests to the archive). |
Criticism by Wikimedians had included the low resolution of the donated image versions (at maximum 800 pixels on the longer side), the unclear licensing status of [[commons:Commons:Bundesarchiv/Questionable licensing|some images]] (a few had to be deleted) and the attachment of metadata inside each image itself, as a small strip of text on one side (which was often removed, according to [[commons:Commons:Watermarks|Commons:Watermarks]]. Sander acknowledged that this was allowed under the CC-BY-SA license, but claimed it contributed to the problems of missing attribution and an increase in time-consuming research requests to the archive). |
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Last week, Archivalia [http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/8445523/ interviewed] [[User:Mathias Schindler|Mathias Schindler]] about the subject, the Wikipedian who had been involved in the 2008 negotiations and is now employed as the project manager for "content liberation" at the German Wikimedia chapter. Schindler emphasized that the Bundesarchiv had put a lot of effort into proper rights clearance, but noted that |
Last week, Archivalia [http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/8445523/ interviewed] [[User:Mathias Schindler|Mathias Schindler]] about the subject, the Wikipedian who had been involved in the 2008 negotiations and is now employed as the project manager for "content liberation" at the German Wikimedia chapter. Schindler emphasized that the Bundesarchiv had put a lot of effort into proper rights clearance, but noted that archives not holding sufficient rights to release the material in their collection under a free license was a frequent and fundamental problem. He expressed regret at the Bundesarchiv's decision, but hoped that changing conditions would enable further Bundesarchiv donations in the future. |
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===Dutch and German chapters award prizes=== |
===Dutch and German chapters award prizes=== |